Folding bed.



R. B. PAGE.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.27, 1913.

1,087,679, Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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RESCUE B. PAGE, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17,1914.

Application filed February 27, 1913. Serial No. 751,150.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Rescue B. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding beds of the type of bed adapted to fold or swing upwardly into a recess formed in a structure, and the main object of my invention is to construct a bed of the character described of simple form and construction which may be easily operated into raised or closed position or into lowered or open position.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby the recess above the bed, when in lowered or open position, may be automatically closed during the downward movement of the bed by an improved operating means of simple construction.

Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bed embodying a form of my invention, ered or open position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section of the bed shown in Fig. 1, drawn at a reduced scale. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line zc :r Fig. 2.

In the drawings, I have illustrated a bed embodying a form of my invention as adapted to a recess built into a dwelling, but it is understood that my invention is not limited to such an adaptation, the bed being adapted to be operated in connection with any form of structure provided with a suitable recess, in which case the structure comprises a fixed member and the bed body a movable member.

In the drawings, 1 designates a recess having a rear wall 2 which extends from a top wall 3 to the floor 5 of a room. The front of the recess is faced with a frame consisting of a top member or plate 6, jambs 7, and a sill 8, which sill extends across the recess on the floor 5 of the room. The bed body 10 consists of a bottom member 11, side rails 12, head 13 and foot board 14, the bottom member extending outwardly beyond the side rails 12 and the foot board 14, as indicated at 15. The head 13 of the bed is preferably provided with weight means for counterbalancing the bed which, in the pres out form shown, consists of cement indicated at 16, the top of the same being covered with showing the bed in low-.

a cap 17 consisting of a board which extends across the top of the head from side to side thereof. A portion of the head 13 is cut away to form a groove 18 therein, over which groove an extension 20 of the bottom member 11 of the bed projects. The foot portion of the bed when in lowered position, as shown in Fig. 1, is supported on two brackets 21, and the head portion of the bed is supported on radius rods 22, the lower ends of which are mounted on pins 23 secured in L-shaped bars 23 mounted in fixed position on the side boards 12 of the bed. The upper ends of the rods 22 are threaded and extend through toes 24 formed on the lower end of arms 24, the upper ends of which arms 24 are turned outwardly and rotatably mounted in brackets 25, which brackets are secured to the side walls of the recess 1 in any suitable manner. The height or proper position of the head of the bed is regulated by means of nuts 26, one of which is placed upon the threaded end of the rods 22 above and below the toe of the arms 24.

Guide means are provided for directing the movement of the bed during the operation of raising and lowering the same which consist of guides or rails 28, there being one rail 28 at each side of the head of the bed within the recess 1. Each rail 28 is pivot ally connected at its upper end by means of a bolt 29 to the respective sides of the recess, and the rails 28 extend downwardly and rearwardly from such pivotal point of the same to the floor of the recess, where the position of the lower end of the rail may be adjusted by means of a bolt 30, the threaded end of which extends forwardly from the rail 28 through a bracket 31, to which the same is secured by means of nuts 32. Mounted on each bar 23 is a roller 34 adapted to engage a metal plate or strap 35 on the face of the respective rails 28, which rails are each provided with a notch 36 into which the rollers 34 are adapted to seat themselves when the bed is in lowered or open position.

The closure means for the portion of the recess 1 above the bed consists of a paneled frame or plate 38 pivotally supported at a point above the lower edge thereof by means of pins 39, which pins 39 are fixed in brackets 40 on the back of the plate 38 at each side thereof, the outer ends of the pins 39 at each side of the plate 38 extending through a fiattened portion 41 of the rods 22. The fiat portion 41 of each rod is bent out of alinement of the major portion of the rod 22 and extends through a cutaway portion 42 of the plate 38. The flat portion 4-1 of the rods 22 is bent in the form shown so that the cutaway port-ion of the plate may be reduced to a minimum size. The upper end of the plate 38 is guided during the raising or lowering of the bed by means of tracks 43 secured to the end walls of the recess 1, which tracks are engaged by means of rollers 44 mounted one at each end of the plate on the back thereof.

lVhile I have not shown any bedding, it is well understood that bedding may be placed upon the bed and retained thereon in any of several well known ways.

The bed is operated as follows: Assuming the bed to be in closed position, as shown in Fig. 2, it is to be noted that the bottom member 11 of the bed extends over the top member 6 of the frame of the recess, and that the extension 20 of the bottom 11 extends over the sill 8 of the same. In this position the closure plate 38 stands away from the bed in the rear thereof within the recess, being supported on the rods 22. By means of the brackets 21 the foot of the bed may be pulled outwardly and downwardly, during which movement the weight of the bed is supported on the radius rods 22, the lower ends of which swing outwardly; at the same time the rollers 34 travel upwardly on the respective tracks 28 causing the bed to swing bodily forward out of the recess until the bed assumes the position shown in Fig. 1. As the rods 22 swing forwardly, the closure plate 38 is carried forwardly, the upper end of which is guided in its movement by the rollers 44 and tracks 43 until the upper end of the plate 38 engages behind the top member 6 of the frame of the recess, at which time the lower end of the plate 38 is seated on the cap 17 of the head of the bed, there- 1. A structure having a recess, a bed body, ,7

a pair of rods pivotally connected at their upper ends to said structure within said recess and pivotally connected at their lower ends to said bed body, supporting means on said bed body for the outer end of said bed body, means for limiting the swinging movement of said rods, and closure means pivotally mounted on said rods adapted to close the recess above said bed body when in lowered position.

2. A. structure having a recess, a bed body, a pair of rods pivotally connected at their upper ends to said structure within said recess and pivotally connected at their lower ends to said bed body, supporting means on said bed body for the outer end of said bed body, means for limiting the swinging movement of said rods, closure means pivotally mounted on said rods adapted to close the recess above said bed body when in lowered position, and guide means mounted within said recess for the upper end of said closure means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 17th day of February, 1913.

RESCUE 13. PAGE.

In presence of FRANK L. A. GRAHAM, LORRAINE E. DURROW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

